Nebraska Statutes 9-426. Special permit to conduct raffle and lottery; fee
(1) A licensed organization may obtain from the department a special permit to conduct one raffle and one lottery. The cost of the special permit shall be ten dollars. The special permit shall exempt the licensed organization from subsection (2) of section 9-427 and from section 9-430. The organization shall comply with all other requirements of the Nebraska Lottery and Raffle Act.
Terms Used In Nebraska Statutes 9-426
- Department: shall mean the Department of Revenue. See Nebraska Statutes 9-406
- License: shall mean any license to conduct a lottery or raffle as provided in section Nebraska Statutes 9-409
- Licensed organization: shall mean a nonprofit organization or a volunteer fire company or volunteer first-aid, rescue, ambulance, or emergency squad licensed to conduct a lottery or raffle under the Nebraska Lottery and Raffle Act. See Nebraska Statutes 9-410
- Lottery: shall mean a gambling scheme in which (a) participants pay or agree to pay something of value for an opportunity to win, (b) winning opportunities are represented by tickets differentiated by sequential enumeration, and (c) winners are determined by a random drawing of the tickets or by the method set forth in section Nebraska Statutes 9-411
- Permit: shall mean a special permit to conduct one raffle and one lottery as provided in section Nebraska Statutes 9-413
- Raffle: shall mean a gambling scheme in which (a) participants pay or agree to pay something of value for an opportunity to win, (b) winning opportunities are represented by tickets differentiated by sequential enumeration, (c) winners are determined by a random drawing of the tickets or by the method set forth in section Nebraska Statutes 9-415
- Year: shall mean calendar year. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
(2) The special permit shall be valid for one year and shall be issued by the department upon the proper application by the licensed organization. The special permit shall become invalid upon termination, revocation, or cancellation of the organization’s license to conduct a lottery or raffle. The application shall be in such form and contain such information as the department may prescribe.
(3) No licensed organization conducting a raffle or lottery pursuant to a special permit shall pay persons selling tickets or stubs for the raffle or lottery, except that nothing in this subsection shall prohibit the awarding of prizes to such persons based on ticket or stub sales.